In context with Karnataka, what is Halegannada?
Answer: D
It is a language.
Halegannada is Old Kannada, the form of the language used between about the ninth and fourteenth centuries, in which the classics of Pampa, Ranna and Ponna were written.
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Who among the following Indian painters was elected as Associate of the Grand Salon in Paris in 1933?
Answer: C
It was Amrita Sher-Gil.
She was elected an Associate of the Grand Salon in Paris in 1933 at twenty, the youngest ever and the only Asian to receive the honour. She returned to India the following year and turned to Indian subjects.
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The famous World Heritage Site “Basilica of Bom Jesus” is located in which among the following places in India?
Answer: D
It is in Goa.
The Basilica of Bom Jesus at Old Goa, completed in 1605, holds the body of St Francis Xavier, exposed to public view once every ten years. It is part of the UNESCO listing of the churches and convents of Goa.
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The Sangai Festival is celebrated in __:
Answer: B
The Sangai Festival is held in Manipur.
Held every November since 2010, it is named after the Sangai, the brow-antlered deer found only in the floating meadows of Loktak Lake and the state animal of Manipur.
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Hornbill festival is celebrated in which state
Answer: B
It is celebrated in Nagaland.
Held at Kisama near Kohima each December since 2000, it brings all the state's tribes together and is called the festival of festivals. The hornbill figures in the folklore and headgear of most of them.
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In which of the following paintings, a paste made of Zinc Oxide and Arabic Gum called “gesso paste” is used?
Answer: D
It is Mysore painting.
The gesso paste of zinc oxide and gum arabic is laid on to build a low relief, which is then covered with thin gold foil - giving the figures their raised, glowing outline. Tanjore painting uses a thicker gesso with gold foil and inset stones.
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Vedantham Satyanarayan is known to be a greatest guru of which of the following dance forms?
Answer: D
He is a guru of Kuchipudi.
Vedantam Satyanarayana Sarma of Kuchipudi village was celebrated for his portrayal of Satyabhama in the Bhama Kalapam, a male dancer in a female role, and received the Padma Shri.
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In context with the Mahayana Buddhism faith, the future Buddha is ___?
Answer: C
It is Maitreya.
He is the Buddha of the future, now a bodhisattva in the Tushita heaven, who will appear when the teaching of the present Buddha has been forgotten. He is usually shown seated in the western manner, with his feet on the ground, ready to rise.
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Ancient Damascus which is located in Syria is a world heritage site. It is a ____?
Answer: C
It is a city.
Damascus is among the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world, and the whole of the ancient city was inscribed by UNESCO in 1979 for its Roman, Umayyad and Ottoman fabric, including the Umayyad Mosque.
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'Madhubani', a style of folk paintings, is popular in which of the following states in India?
Answer: D
It is popular in Bihar.
Madhubani or Mithila painting comes from the Madhubani district, traditionally done by women on the mud walls of the home for weddings and festivals, filling every space with line and colour and using no perspective.
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